Re: [Aroid-l] Is this a Caladium? Something else?

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" <hetter at xs4all.nl> on 2009.06.03 at 10:48:03(19395) This seems to be the soon-to-be-published-in-Aroideana Caladium clavatum Hett., Bogn. & J. Boos (in the trade unfortunately known as Cal. rubicundum, which is a wrong name). Cheers, Wilbert +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com > [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] Namens Elizabeth Campbell > Verzonden: maandag 1 juni 2009 17:53 > Aan: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > Onderwerp: [Aroid-l] Is this a Caladium? Something else? > > Hi group! Sorry to have been away for so long, but I've been > off looking for that giant anthurium in the jungles. I was > recently in Puyo, Pastaza, and a friend had this stunning > aroid growing in her garden. She told me it was callled > Corazon de Jesus, which traditionally would mean it's a > Caladium, but I've never seen one quite like this before. The > leaf was about 14" from sinus to tip, and about 12" across > the widest part of the blade; there was a single, slightly > hairy petiole with no geniculum, and that was it. The whole > thing was about 24" tall at the highest point. > > Any ideas on what this might be? She said she dug it out of > the forest about 2 km from her house. > > Thanks! > > Beth, in Ecuador > _______________________________________________________________ > Get the Free email that has everyone talking at > http://www.mail2world.com Unlimited Email Storage – POP3 – > Calendar – SMS – Translator – Much More! > _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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